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###INCOMING TRANSMISISON### From: Dr.Ing. James Addams To: Ministry of Defense Subject: Starship Destroyer design. Let me go on the record here and say that I completely disagree with the "latest" modern design of our cruisers. Only utter moron would design a ship in a way that is seen in popular culture media. Just because it is "cool" doesn't mean you should compromise structural integrity by deliberately adding more weakneses. If I was piloting an enemy ship, and saw one of these "Star destroyers" as you call them - the fact that they're more of a frigate than actual destroyer but naval terminology aside - it wouldn't take a genius to figure out that I should aim for the giant protrusion that shines like beacon of designer's blind nostalgic idiocy. Those designs might have made sense on planet's surface were a battle would take on a same plane/level, NOT in space where you could approach your target from ANY direction. And don't get me started on the screaming impracticality - or three in this case - that are those three massive thrusters mounted in the back - you would spend half of the journey accellerating facing your destination - that's fine and all, but then the other half of the journey would be spent breaking facing in the opposite direction - while all your weapons face in the opposite direction safe for a couple of turrets. But the point of this message isn't just to ramble on the outrageous death-trap that is your fancy ship design. I propose a few solutions to this design. You can find the full details in the attacment, but just to summarize here are a few highlights: 1) No windows - seriously you can achieve the same effect by simply mounting a couple of cameras around the hull, and linking them to various screens inside WITHOUT COMPROMISING HULL INTEGRITY - plus it allows for extra layer of protection against UV radiation - you can merely adjust the filters or simply turn the screen off. Which brings me to 2) Move bridge into the center of the hull - the reason behind this is obvious - Bridge is the most crucial component of the ship, right after sustainable life-support. It is the heart and the brain. Without it, all you have is hunk of metal floating through space. Much like skull protects your brain, the ship's hull should protect the brige. 3) The ONLY good reason to have something sticking out would be turret emplacements - if you really want to have a pylon or a freaking beacon sticking out of your silhouette, it would be so you can mount turrets at the end of each - this will allow you to aim in almost any direction without ship's own hull obstructing the target, and eliminates the problem you would have with hardpoints pointing towards "the front" of the ship. 4) Ballance the thrust - This is more of an addendum - I think that the previous point is the cheaper alternative but regardless: Since you have massive engines mounted on the "back" why not also put some engines to the "front" to eliminate the need to turn the ship around in order to perform breaking maneuver? I hope that this letter will be handed over to someone more competent than that cretin who greenligted the original desing. Sincerely, Dr.Ing. James Addams ###END TRANSMISSION###